English Explanatory Dictionary

van der Grinten projection

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A compromise map projection that is neither equal-area nor conformal, but projects the entire world onto a circle.

Word forms

van der Grinten projection van der Grinten projections

Etymology

Devised by Alphons J. van der Grinten in 1898.

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